Yale Law Journal

and justice part of the legal order” (pg 377, Sarat, Yale Journal of law & the Humanities). For example, in the Roe v. Wade decision, legal consciousness of the public plated a critical role in determining that making abortion available option to the women population is not a matter that needs the attention of the Supreme courts. Our legal consciousness is shaped by legitimacy and it can form our perception about empowerment (Duke Law Journal, pg 781, 1994). “Exploring the high group, low grid…

A. (1999, July). Patterns of Injustice: Police Brutality in the Courts. Buffalo Law Review. Retrieved December 7, 2016, from www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic Clymer,S. (2002, December). Are Police Free To Disgard Miranda. Yale Law Journal. Retrieved December 7, 2016, from www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic Facts and Case Summary - Miranda v. Arizona. (n.d.). Retrieved November 14, 2016, from http://www…

critiques of the case, jokes, case studies for law students, and a good primer to apply principles of business ethics. The most important issue in regards to this case is determining the responsible party for Stella’s injuries from the spilled cup of coffee. I feel that as a result of McDonald’s being more at fault than Mrs. Liebeck, her monetary award was fair. According to the jury, she was twenty percent responsible,…

2009). He observed that there have been tremendous changes in the way legal schools operate, the way law firms are run, and the way courts discharge their duties. Because of these factors, the legal profession is losing its rightful place in society. The lawyer has to be considerate in everything he or she does since the aim is to preserve the profession and not to make profits by using the law to subvert…

way the Justices see the world and for that matter, law differently then the other. Those who are…

interpretation approach discussed by the judges in deciding the appeal was the purposive approach. It was held that the embryos created by cell nuclear replacement were protected under the Act. The court took into consideration the intentions of parliament and laws were to be construed accordingly. The wording in the act, which suggested that the Act applied only…

from big companies and corporations, whether it be negligence or misconduct. This system ensures the safety of things we commonly use or may come in contact with daily such as cars, medicine, food, etc. What is a torte and what is tort reform? Tort law is the…

Published in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) 2011, Dr. Linsey Murtagh and Dr. David Ludwig have written an article, State Intervention in Life-Threatening Childhood Obesity, presenting facts that parents play a responsible role in their child’s weight gain. The neglect in nutrition and physical activity is totally reversible through education and changing bad habits. Murtagh and Ludwig believe the Government has the responsibility to intervene, depending on the situation. In…

claiming that, the Boy Scouts of America Association was violating The New Jersey law is in place against biasness based on one’s sexual lifestyle in places that are meant for public works. The defendant argued that Eagle Scout is a private, non-profit organization, based on moral principles and hence homosexuality was a vice that they highly condemned on the social arena. Basing this argument under the context of law; The Boy Scouts Association are the petitioners, who are a non-profit…

article in the Yale Law Journal, black people are arrested at higher rates than whites even though they “self-report drug use and drug dealing at a equivalent or lower rates” (Starr and Rehavi, 36). Moreover, the same study found even more convincing evidence: black men are “nearly twice as likely to be charged with an offense carrying a mandatory minimum sentence” (Starr and Rehavi, 28). These percentages being what they are, it is beyond dispute that racial biases influence how this law and…